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Terms
ACCEPTANCE
OF ORDER
No Contract shall exist until the Company has despatched its
Acceptance of order to the Customer.
PRICES AND CHARGES
All prices and charges are based on the Company's current
costs of production, including materials and overheads, and
are (except where expressly agreed) subject to increase or
decrease by the Printer from time to time to take into account
any rise or fall in such costs and overheads.
All charges authorised by this contract and not specifically
stated shall be at the Company's standard rates from time
to time.
OVERTIME
If as a result of any default by the Customer or of any delay
in the supply to the Company of any copy or materials it shall
in the opinion of the Company become necessary in order to
meet delivery dates to employ some or all of the Company's
employees at overtime rates or incur other additional costs,
or if expedited delivery shall be agreed with the like results,
thereupon the Company shall be entitled to charge all overtime
and other additional costs so incurred.
TAX
All quotations and invoices shall be net of tax (unless otherwise
expressly set out) and the Printer shall be entitled to add
to any quotation and invoice the amount of any purchase, sales,
value added or similar tax payable.
PRELIMINARY WORK
All preliminary work executed at the Customer's request (whether
or not experimental) will be charged to the Customer.
PROOFS AND COPY
All corrections (including alterations in style, type or design)
and additional proofs made necessary thereby, and all additional
costs incurred because copy supplied is not reasonably clear
and legible shall be charged to the Customer. The Company
shall not be responsible for the failure to rectify errors
in proofs submitted to the Customer unless the same have been
clearly corrected and notified to the company.
DELIVERY AND PAYMENTS
Delivery shall be made at the address agreed in writing by
the parties or (if none) at the Company's works. Work shall
be accepted when so delivered and if not so accepted the Company
may charge all subsequent transport and storage and all costs
incurred.
The Customer shall inspect all work immediately on delivery
and shall give notice in writing to the Company and to the
carrier within three days of delivery as to any alleged defect;
failing such notice the work shall be deemed to be in accordance
with the Contract and the Customer shall be deemed to have
accepted the work and to be liable to pay therefore.
(c) The time for delivery shall be the time agreed in writing
by the parties or (if none) a reasonable time after the date
of the order provided that the Customer shall not be entitled
to reject any work delivered after the time for delivery unless
he has given to the Company twenty-one days written notice
of his intention so to do.
(d) The Company may charge or give credit pro rata for work
delivered in excess of or less than the quantity ordered up
to a maximum of ten per cent over or under. Unless the Customer
promptly rejects any excess over ten per cent the same shall
be treated as delivered under an independent contract on like
terms and conditions and the Customer shall pay for the same
pro rata.
(e) Each instalment or part delivery delivered or to be delivered
shall be deemed to be an independent contract.
(f) The property and the risk in the work shall pass to the
Customer and payment shall become due upon the Company either
tendering the same for delivery at the address agreed therefor
or (if none) giving notice to the Customer that the work is
ready for collection.
(g) Upon any suspension of work at the request of the Customer
or delay through any default of the Customer exceeding thirty
days in either case the Company shall be entitled to payment
in respect of all work then carried out (whether or not delivered)
and all materials ordered.
(h) Payment of invoices shall be made without any deduction
or set off in cash so as to be received by the Company not
later than the last day of the month following the month of
delivery of the Goods, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Interest shall be payable on overdue accounts at the rate
of two per cent (2%) per month to run from the due date for
payment thereof until receipt by the Company of the full amount
whether or not after judgement.
If in the case of the Contract or any order involving more
than one delivery default is made in payment on the due date
the Company shall have the right to suspend all or any further
deliveries pending payment or to terminate the Contract in
its entirety by notice in writing to the Purchaser.
LIEN
The Company shall have a general lien on all property of the
Customer in the Company's possession (whether or not paid
for) for any sums owed and, after fourteen days notice in
writing to the Customer, the Company may dispose of such property
as it sees fit and apply the proceeds (if any) towards payment
of any sums owed.
CONDITIONS
These conditions override any differing conditions which may
appear on the Customer's order form or other document and
may be varied only with the Company's consent in writing.
LIABILITY
The Company's liability to the Customer for injury, loss,
damage or expense (whether to persons or property and whether
third party, consequential or not )caused by any failure,
delay or defect in the work or otherwise arising out of this
Contract shall be limited to a sum equal to the Company's
charges for the work or that part of it so affected provided
that where the Customer shows the same to have resulted from
negligence (as defined in The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977)
of the Company the Company's liability for death or personal
injury shall be unlimited and all other liability shall be
limited to the sum of £1 million.
(b) Notwithstanding the above the Company shall be under no
liability for negligence (other than in respect of death or
personal injury) or otherwise in respect of any advice given.
(c) The Company shall not be liable howsoever in respect of
any failure, delay or defect in the work or default caused
by supply or specification of unsuitable material by the Customer.
CUSTOMERS PROPERTY
If the Company shall hold or work on property of the Customer
or third party it shall have no liability for any damage to
or loss of such property, whether caused by negligence or
otherwise, and the Customer shall indemnify the Company in
respect thereof. If the Company shall hold any such property
for more than one year it may give notice to the Customer
requiring removal thereof and may dispose of the same if not
removed within thirty days of such notice.
MATERIAL SUPPLIED
The Company may reject any paper, film, plate, printed sheets,
signatures, and other material supplied or specified by the
Customer if in the Company's opinion it is unsuitable or of
defective quality. Any additional cost incurred thereby shall
be charged by the Company. Such supply or specification must
be within a reasonable time prior to production and of an
adequate quantity to allow for normal spoilage.
STANDING MATTER
Metal, film, glass and other material used by the Company
in production shall remain its exclusive property. Type may
be taken down and lithographic, photogravure and other work
destroyed immediately on completion of the work unless instructions
to the contrary in writing are given by the Customer and accepted
by the Company in which case rent shall be charged by the
Company. The customer hereby warrants that it has copyright
in all material and files supplied and that any file supplied
has itself been prepared by the customer with the aid of software
in which the customer has copyright or licence to use.
LIBEL AND OBSCENITY
The Company may refuse to print any work if in its opinion
it contains matter likely to result in civil or criminal proceedings.
Any work seized or ordered to be destroyed or made the subject
of any injunction shall thereupon be deemed to have been delivered
to the Customer, and the Company shall be paid for the same
and for all other work carried out on or before the date of
such seizure order or injunction as if so delivered.
INDEMNITY
The Customer hereby undertakes fully and effectually to indemnity
and to keep the Company from and against all costs, expenses,
damages and losses in connection with any third party claims
or proceedings whatsoever (including claims or proceedings
settled by the Company in its discretion)in respect of goods
made or worked on or work carried out by the Company pursuant
to this contract. The foregoing includes (but not by way of
limitation) claims or proceedings relating to copyright, trade
marks, patents or other industrial property.
FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall have any liability to the other in the
event of that party's failure delay or default in carrying
out all or any of its obligations hereunder due in whole or
in part to:
(I) any circumstance or cause beyond its control, or fire,
flood, power failure, reduction of power supplies, mechanical
failure of lack or shortage of materials (not being due to
the wilful act or wilful default of the party), or any of
the following causes (whether or not within the party's control)
namely: strike, lockout, industrial dispute or action taken
by the party or any other person firm or company in connection
therewith or in consequence or furtherance thereof.
CUSTOMER'S DEFAULT
If the Customer shall be in default under this or any other
contract between the Customer and Insight Acumen Ltd, or any
other subsidiary thereof or if the Company has reason to believe
that the Customer will be unable or unwilling to discharge
its obligations to the Company as they arise then the company
may: Cease work without any liability for any default thereby
caused and Give notice thereof to the Customer whereupon the
Customer shall pay forthwith for all goods and services supplied
by the Company under this or any other contract with the Customer
(whether or not payment would otherwise be due) and a proper
charge for all goods used or provided and work carried out
prior to cessation of work as aforesaid.
TERMINATION
Both the Company and the Customer shall have the right at
any time by giving notice in writing to the other to terminate
this contract forthwith upon the happening of one or more
of the following events:
If the other shall fail to make any payment within three days
of the due date or to remedy any other breach forthwith upon
being so required in writing.
If the other shall enter into liquidation, whether compulsory
or voluntary (other than for the purposes of amalgamation
or reconstruction) or compounds with or enters into a scheme
of arrangement for the benefit of its creditors or has a receiver
appointed of all or any part of its assets or takes or suffers
any similar action in consequence of debt.
A contract for the printing of a periodical publication which
is not expressed to be for a fixed period may be terminated
by either party by notice in writing as follows: thirteen
weeks (publication at monthly intervals or less) twenty-six
weeks (publication at more than monthly intervals).
REMEDIES
Termination of this contract for whatever causes shall not
affect the rights or remedies of either party in respect of
any antecedent breach or in respect of any sum of money owing
by the other.
SUB-CONTRACTORS
The Company may sub-contract any or all of its obligations,
but shall remain liable to the Customer therefore.
NOTICES
Notices shall be deemed to be served when delivered or posted
to the last-known address of the party to be served.
LAW
This contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of England.
HEADINGS
The headings shall not affect the meaning or interpretation
of this contract.
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